Forget Jake Ryan, the real player in Sixteen Candles was certainly Long Duk Dong. Let’s look at the facts here. This guy immediately makes a play on Samantha with his now famous, “What’s happening, hot stuff.” line.
Next, he flirts with Samantha’s mom when he compliments her cooking abilities, “Appetizing food fit neatly into interesting round pie.”
Once he is at the dance, it like takes him two seconds to score a date and even enjoys some dancing/motorboating action with Marlene. He is able to charm her with such lines as “I bet all the boys chase you plenty in the school, huh?” and “Hmm. I betcha you big teaser, huh?”
Unfortunately for the Donger, he has a little too much to drink and get punched for grabbing Jake Ryan’s nuts. Oh well, is a hard knock life when your name is Long Duk Dong and you’re Asian
If you have never seen Animal House, you need to leave this site right now and never come back. Ever.
Okay, now that we have completed that necessary housekeeping, I want to about one of the best characters from Animal House, Daniel Simpson Day. Talk about a great first impression, check out the video below showing D-Day’s first scene in Animal House
Of course, it was D-Day that uttered the famous words, “We have an old saying in Delta House: don’t get mad, get even.” This inspirational quote helped convince Flounder to shoot Neidermeyer’s favorite horse in Dean Wormer’s office.
D-Day also was responsible for transforming Flounder’s car into the “Deathmobile” and of course was the driver. Not too bad for someone who “Has no grade point average.”
Rarely in cinema history can a character make such an impressinon being in only one single scene in a movie. However, Mr. Eckert from Red Dawn accomplishes this feat with relative ease. Mr. Eckert has been captured by the Russians for not cooperating with them. In other words, he acted like a real man and didn’t roll over and make it easy for them to occupy his home town.
When his two sons, Jed and Matt come to visit him at the “re-education” camp, Mr Eckert gives them one of the best lessons of all time. Words alone, can not adequately convey Mr. Eckert’s power and courage, so I had to include the scene below. “AVENGE ME!!!!!!!”
Okay, you are probably wondering who the hell Lisa Houseman is, right? Well, she probably is better known as Baby’s older sister in Dirty Dancing. I can hear the collective Ohhhhhhh’s now.
While her younger sister is “going to change the world,” Lisa is “going to decorate it.” Okay, so she is not exactly a rocket scientist. Still, Lisa plays a vital part in Dirty Dancing. She provides the audience with quotes that include, ” Ah, my God. Look at that! Ma, I should have brought those coral shoes. You said I was taking too much!” and my personal favorite, “I’ve decided to go all the way with Robbie.” Dumb with loose moral values. . . .Ahhhhhhhhh
And who could forget her performance at the season ending talent show at Kellerman’s.
Carl Racki. The man, the myth, the legend. What a great performance as a hockey goon. It still amazes me to this day that George Finn really did not take advantage of this great performance and make more movies.
We first meet the immortal Racki at the Hamilton Mustangs tryout. Basically, it comes down to Youngblood and Racki for the final spot on the team. Youngblood is able to out skate Racki and score a goal and eventually get the last roster spot. However, Racki gets to kick Youngblood’s ass on the ice. “Let’s go pretty boy” is one of the most famous quotes in cinema history and it must have just missed AFI’s top 100 quotes of all time.
Later in the movie, Racki proves that you can’t keep a good man down, as he ends up starring for the rough and tough Thunder Bay Bombers. During a playoff game, he manages to score an important goal and take out the Mustang’s leading scorer, Derek Sutton. In the deciding championship game, Racki ends up costing the Bombers the game by giving Youngblood and the Mustangs a penalty shot. After the game, Racki manages to get completely destroyed by Youngblood and all the newly learned fighting skills that Dean learned in 2 days at his family’s mill.
Who could forget Wallbrook’s “main man” Vern? V-E R-N!!!! When Charlie Babbit first meets Raymond, it is good ole Vern the orderly who explains Raymond’s personality to Charlie. Without Vern, Charlie would not have known that Raymond continuously recites Who’s on First when he is nervous and would not know that him asking, “Are you taking any prescription medication?” means he likes you.
Of course, the best description of Raymond’s mind set is given by Vern when he states, “I don’t think people are his first priority.” Vern is also in charge of authorized and unauthorized patient visits at Wallbrook and has known Raymond for nine years. He sure is Raymond’s Main Man!!
In Fight Club, we first meet Robert (Bob) Paulson in a testicular cancer survivor support group. Unfortunately for Robert, his testosterone shots caused his body to produce too much estrogen, which caused him to grow gigantic Man Boobs. Robert had once been a champion body builder, but his use of steroids led to his demise.
During this support group session, Robert shows the Narrator the power of crying, which temporarily solves his insomnia. Who knew male on male motorboating could be so powerful?
Later in the movie, Bob joins Fight Club and eventually because the second member to join Project Mayhem. Of course, this is where Bob meets his demise, but even in death, he provides one of the movies most famous lines. . .
“I understand. In death, a member of Project Mayhem has a name. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. . . ”
Welcome to Carl the Janitor, a blog that will feature a new character from a movie (maybe even a TV show from time to time). This character will certainly not be one of the stars of the movie, but instead will be a minor character that left a major impression.
Of course, Carl the Janitor from The Breakfast Club, is the perfect man to start this fun list.
Carl the Janitor first makes an appearance in The Breakfast Club after Andrew and Bender get in a little wrestling fight. In this scene Carl gives us one of the best speeches in the history of cinema.
“You guys think I am just some untouchable peasant? Peon? Huh? Maybe so, but following a broom around after shitheads like you for the past eight years I’ve learned a couple of things. . . I look through your letters. I look through your lockers. I listen to your conversations, you don’t know that, but I do. . . I am the eyes and ears of this institution my friends. By the way, that clock is twenty minutes fast!”
Anyone who has seen The Breakfast Club and does not remember that Shakespearean-like scene is simply beyond hope.
Later in the movie, Car manages to blackmail $50 from Vernon (for not revealing that he looked at confidential files) and reveals that “When I was a kid, I wanted to be John Lennon.” In addition, Carl the Janitor is thoe one who is there to see Bender, Claire, Andrew, Brian, and Allison off to the parking lot.
No wonder why Carl the Janitor was Man of the Year for Shermer High School!!!!!!!!!!!!
